Home Brewing Guide Part 2: Let’s Get Brewing!

So now that you have everything you need, let’s get started actually making the coffee.

Step 1- Water Prep:

Fill up the kettle with filtered water. Filtered water is so important. More than 98% of coffee is water, so tap water just won’t cut it. The kettle takes about 10 minutes to get the water to the desired temperature of 205 ℉.

Home Brewing Guide Part 1: The Equipment You Gotta Have

​Over the past couple of weeks we have talked about brewing in many different forms and expounded on specific elements of brewing. This week (and next) we’re going to throw it all together and discuss how I brew coffee at home every day. My hope is that after reading this series, some of you would be willing to step into brewing coffee at home, sans barista.

The equipment list can seem daunting and unnecessary, but I promise it is all worth it. In fact, some of these items are multi-purpose kitchen tools.

Brew Methods 101

According to USA Today, 83 percent of Americans drink coffee. Do you think all of these people understand how their coffee was made? Or better yet, know what they are ordering each day?

Today’s post is going to address just that. Let’s focus on the variety of methods for brewing coffee. Basically, I want to get folks comfortable ordering coffee in any shop, and hopefully, comfortable making quality coffee at home.